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Retain Charles Jordan Lansing our choice
We see the world
C h a rle s J o rd o n has
s e rv e d on th e C ’ y
Counc
for two years I
through Black eyes
No Bonks extradition
ana has shown h«S n-
oepenoence m vo» ng. [
Elect Jimmy Carter
Dennis Banks «s >n O e g o n aw aiting trial on
fed eral firearms charges
’ ’'eve charges w ill
probably be dropped unce the federal attorney's
are no» prepared »o go *o trial, »he alleg ed
evidence having bee^ destroyed by tow enforce
ment officers
Not for mony yeors has a presidential cond>do»e
raised the interest in the Black community that
Jimmy Carter has Largely unknown, ond a white
southerner a» that. Carter has won the respect ond
support of a vast num ber of Block people ocross
the country
bockgrouna for mese :harges was ’he
mu’ dec of an ina-an youth in Custer, South Dafco’a.
by a white who was ’hen chorged with o mis
dem eanor
When American Ina .an M ovem ent
leoders ncludmg Dennis Bonks went to on ogreed
m eeting at the courthouse, they found it surround
ed by ’’ oopers When ’he victim's mother arrived,
she was knocked down by troopers
During the
struggle that follow ed, the courthouse burned
•
Bonks was charged with "no» where arson ts
com m itted," ond was convicted by on all white
|u ry .
B e lie v in g th a t ne fo<ed cecam oea’*- in a
South Dakota pr son. Bo"iks fled the stale and
become a federal fugitive.
Since 1973 Wounded Knee has occured, 200
participants were indicted, (though few were con
victed) ond a reign of terror follow ed A IM leaders
claim ’not o«e’ 20C militant Indion people ha»e
been murdered since 1973 One of the latest to be
murdered was Anna Moe Aquash, who was or rest
ed in Oregon, ond was to have been □ defendent
m the up-commg trial. Ms Aquasn returned to
South Dakota ond was shot in the bock of the
head.
Dennis Banks fears he, also, will be m urdered if
he returns to South Dakota
Judging on the past,
the odds are tha’ he is right.
This w eek, the
Governor of South Dakota will request his return.
The Governor of Oregon has the option to refuse
If the Governor refuses, there may be political
repercussions.
W e think our Governor and the
people of Oregon hove the strength to face the
political pressure If he sends Bonks bock to South
Dakota and a murder aoes occur, how oc we foce
the guilt?
There is fear in some ploces that a refusal to
extrodict Bonks would m ake Oregon a haven for
rodicols. This is not true. There have been coses
w here states have refused to return Blocks to
persons in the deep south because they foced
torture ond oeath — yet w e see no evidence that
’nese states hove become havens for radicals or
criminals Also, there is no evidence that Banks is
a radical or a criminal.
W e all rem em ber the
trumped up charges mode ogamst Blocks who
were brave enough to vote or to protest unfair
lows, and ogamst whites w ho opposed the war in
Vietnam .
There is no danger Oregon would become a
"haven for rodicals," but it would not hurt us at all
to gam a reputation for humanitononism and
justice
W E B DuBois. o mon from Arlonta. so id in 1905
"The problem of the twentieth century is of the
color I me - the relation of the dorker of ’he
lighter roces of men m As.a ond Africa. A m erica
anq the islands of the sea."
Th.s remains true today" This nation has many
problems — foreign policy, the economy, poverty —
but most of these problems stem directly from
roc ism
The roosm inherent in our culture affects
our att.’ txie ’oword the peoples of ’he world
Roosm nos kept ’he Blocks ana working class
whites m economic bondoge throughout the history
of Our nation
If we as a nation could rid ourselves of the basic
motivation of oppressing ’hose who are not white,
our nation could m ove on to m ake life be” e ’ here
and obrood
Jimmy Carter brought rocial harmony to G eo r
gia, a southern state, where today we see Blocks
in leading roles in governm ent, business and
education
In his inaugural oddress Carter said, "th e tim e
for rocial discrimination is over....N o poor, w eak or
Block person should ever ogam have to bear the
additional burden of being deprived of on oppor
tunity for education, a job or simple |us»ice."
Carter then set obout to m ake this pledge a
’eolity.
He ncreased the n u m b e of Biacks on
oppom ted boards from three »o 53.
The state
im plem ented on affirm ative action plan hiring
neorly 2,000 Blocks. Carter appointed the first Block
fudge to the civil court.
Carter established a Deportment of Judicial
Process, one of the motor goals bem g to provide
equal justice regardless of noce or economic status
He supported the first fair housing law and
appointed a Block to the Real Estate Commission,
and gave it the pow er tc revoke the license of a
realtor w ho discriminates
Jimmy Carter brought changes to G eorgia and
he can bring changes to the nation. In these days
of violence In Boston, "th e crodfe o f lib erty," we
need a man who can bring obout a reconciliation
of the roces and who brings to the presidency os a
W e recommend to Governor Straub that he
refuse extradition of Dennis Banks to South Dakota.
Since he has been in Oregon, Banks has dem on
strated that he wants only what we all want, the
right to freedom and justice. A man's life is at
stake - and our state must act to insure this life is
preserved.
top priority the goal of equolity ond fustice for oil
Americans.
Other candidates have mode promises — but this
is a man who has already kept his promises in a
region w here promoting the Block cause is not
popular.
Jimmy Carter has an extra quality — an appeal
to the spiritual - that much talked obou» smile -
something that can bring bock faith in the good
ness of m an. Jimmy Corter is not perfect, he will
not do everything w e want him to do. But w e con
hope that he will look at the world through honest
eyes and take the nation a step closer to its ideals
of equality and justice
of»en costing m e dec.ri
ng vo’e b e ’w e en t h e )
tw c fa c tio n s
Iv a n c ie
and M cO e o d y vs. G old
schmidt ond Schwab
Jordon asked for and
was ass g n e d o a m m i-
stration of the Bureou of
H u m a n R esources os
w e ll as r e la te d p ro
g ra m s M e t r o p o l i t a n
You’h Comm.ss.on and
m e Metropo 'an H jm a n |
R e la tio n s C o m m is sio n .
All of these ogencies
were m trouble before
assigned to Jordon, ond
oil are the type of programs that draw undo
criticism
Social service programs not only serve
the outcasts of society but hove o difficult iob
proving their success
Jordon has hod his problems with the m anpow er
program bu» seems to hove gotten it m the right
track AAanpower programs, it must be re m em b e r
ed. do not hove o high d egree of success due ’o
’he population they are des gnea ’o serve
Jordan s biggest problems have been related to
his choice of personnel - w e b elieve he hos not
aiw ays ’ ece »ed ’he necessary foe’s ond the best
advice from his s»oH This also has been corrected
to some degree
Jordan is an honest ond dedicated public ser
vant. His firs» two yeors have been difficult, but he
has earned respect and dem onstrated his sincere
concern for the people of Portland ond especially
for those who are poor or without power
*Ve b elieve that Jordan has done a good iob
and that the next four years w ill bring the growth
and d evelopm ent that w ill m oke him one of
Portland's greatest Commissioners
W e endorse
Charles Jordon for re-election.
Elect Whipple, Paulus
For the office of Secretary of State we endorse
N orm a Paulus for the Republican nom ination and
B'am e W hipple for the Democratic nom ination.
Mrs Paulus comes highly qu alified During her
three terms m ’he House of Representatives, she
has served on committees on land use election
laws, c o n flk f of interest and lobbying, all areas of
concern to the Secretary of State's office
A
respected Republican legislator, she nevertheless
leans toward the left. A bright career is aheod of
Mrs Paulus and this is only her first step toward
higher office
Blam e W hipple, m his first term in the State
Senate, does not have the legislature experience
of some of his opponents but he has experience m
business and os Democratic national com m ittee
man.
W hipple's successful efforts m the cam
paign's of G ene McCarthy and G eorge M cGovern
point out his anti-w ar, pro-people background and
this is the deciding foctor in our endorsement of
W hipple for the Democratic nomination.
Vera Cook best choice
The game is politics, not tourism
We ore growing tired of hearing the cliche, "H e
cored enough to com e," spouted repeatedly by the
doily press Once upon a time Nelson Rockefeller
beat our front runner Henry Cabot Lodge in the
Oregon primary because "h e cored enough to
com e" ond Lodge did not.
Since »hen we are lea »o believe that the
outcome of the Oregon primary is to be based on
the amount of time that the candidates "care
enough" to spend in our fair state -- with victory
going to the one that clocks in »he most hours.
1» should be obvious that a candidate like
Senator Church, w ho has entered only seven
primaries, can spend more tim e in Oregon than
one like Jimmy Carter, who entered oil the
primaries
Church hos been in Oregon five times
since Januory w h ile Carter has been cam paigning
throughout the notion.
We know all the candidates love O regon, so let's
cost our votes on the .ssues, integrity, and the best
possibility for a Democratic victory in N ovem ber —
not on who came first or stayed longest
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Vern Cook is seeking
re-election to his Senate
post in District 12. Cook
is one of those rare le
g is la to rs w h o is no»
a fr a id lo d is a g re e —
w hether with »he G ov
ernor or his fe llo w Se
nators. He is an odvo-
c a te o f le g is la tiv e r e
form , of civil rights, and
although w e think he is
on the wrong side of
the fish issue, w e en
dorse his re-elecfion.
Jew el Lonsmg is the
O b s e r v e r ’s c h o ic e for
»he Democratic nom ina
tion for State Treasurer
Ms Lonsing is currently
the elected M ultnom ah
County Auditor She is a
Certified Public Accoun
ta n t, h a v in g m a n a g e d -
her own CPA office for
three years
She also
has hod adm inistrative
e x p e r e n c e w it h th e ■
federol governm ent
■
Bes des her high pro
fe s s io n a l
q u a lific a
tions for the office of
S t a te T r e a s u r e r , M s .
Lansing is an outspoken
odvocote of affirm ative
a c tio n a n d o f e q u a l '
rights for minorities and women
w
Mrs Lansing is a capable County Auditor She
wants to insure the people of Oregon that state
governm ent it operated with efficiency and in te
grity
Mann this time
Cloy Myers is seeking the Republican nom ination
for State Treasurer, having served the m axim um
two terms os Secretory of State and foiled in his
b>d for the govem ship
Myers terms os Secretary of State have been
m edicore
A recent report shed unfavorable light
on his office's operations, nearly every voters
pam phlet he has published has hod major prob-
ems, and there is still much question about
election procedures m some areas of the state He
has no» been a strong advocate of election reform .
All of these ore Myers responsibilities and none
hove been handled adequately.
And w hen w e think of Clay Myers, we never con
forget how he took the easy way out in his
redistricting plan and split our community four
ways.
Myers is a nice guy and we have endorsed him
in some of his past compaigns But this time there
is o choice
Myers opponents ore John Smet and
Ira M ann, both w ell q u alified men.
Ira M ann has both legislature and odm m utrotive
experience, having served four sessions in the
legislature ond director of the Departm ent of
Agriculture, the state's second largest departm ent
He is our choice,
♦• ••* w A» M m A > ii,
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Retain Betty Roberts
B e t t y R o b e r t s is
s e e k in g to re ta in her
S e n a te
Seat
re p
resenting District 10. Se
nator Roberts is a leader
in the Senate, having
fought hard for edu ca
tio n , c h ild c o re , w o
men's rights, the envi-
i ronm enl.
A hardw ork
ing S e n a to r, she d e-
I serves re-election.
Kafoury our choice
Stephen Kafoury, one of the states finest young
legislators, currently represents House District #13
in low er Albm o
He now seeks the Democratic
nom ination for Senate District 7.
In the House. Kafoury chaired the Human Re
sources and Land Use Committees His em ploym ent
has included teochmg at Jefferson High School and
A lbm a Youth Opportunity School and a stint in the
Peace Corp
Kafoury's work in the legislature has been to
em phasize the problems ond concerns of the urban
areas.
Kafoury seeks the seat here by Norm c Howard
for the past twenty years
Howard, though a
hard-w orking Senator, votes on the conservative
side of the issues
Kafoury, a relative newcom er,
has a new perspective and is seeking im prove
ments m the services the state provides its people
Letters to the Editor
Support libary levy
To the Editor:
Our class read your editorial about
the library levy and we agree with you.
Some of us upper grade students at We think that we should really get the
Boise School think it would be a terrible public involved with the library levy
mistake for the people of Multnomah and show them how much we students
County to let their branch libraries be need the libraries for many things, like
rioted. Our libraries arc important to to find books on career jobs and help
us because we need to study and learn with homework. Older people go there
about other things
We need to do to communicate with other people and
research, and have lots of detail about find novels and to use reference books.
We the students will stretch our
famous people.
We the students will
stretch our necks as far as we can to necks as far as wc can to try to keep
try to keep the libraries open, and we the libraries open and we need your
help to get publicity to gel the people to
need publkity to get people to vote.
vote.
To the Editor,
Yours sincerely,
Ijenotra G arrett
Yours sincerely,
Jeffery Mitchell
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